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colonne sonore originali, una ragione per vivere e una per morire, riz ortolani, digitmovies

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- Una ragione per vivere e una per morire
- La notte dei serpenti
(1972 / 1969)


composer: riz ortolani

label: digitmovies

AKA: a Reason To Live A Reason To Die, Sie Verkaufen Den Tod, una Razon Para Vivir Y Una Para Morir, Massacre At Fort Holman, Une Raison Pour Vivre Une Raison Pour Mourir / Night Of The Serpent

total duration: 01.12.26

soundtrack style: western



   


tracks
UNA RAGIONE PER VIVERE UNA PER MORIRE

01. Ouverture
02. Attesa
03. Una Ragione Per Vivere (Titoli)
04. La Grande Ombra Della Morte
05. Eroicamente Insieme
06. La Festa
07. Il Forte
08. Una Ragione Per Vivere # 2
09. Preludio Alla Battaglia
10. Una Ragione Per Vivere # 3
11. Valzer Messicano
12. Azione Bellica
13. Uomini Dimenticati Da Dio
14. Una Ragione Per Vivere (Finale)

LA NOTTE DEI SERPENTI

15. La Notte Dei Serpenti (Titoli) # 01
16. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 02
17. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 03
18. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 04
19. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 05
20. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 06
21. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 07
22. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 08
23. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 09
24. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 10
25. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 11
26. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 12
27. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 13
28. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 14
29. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 15
30. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 16
31. La Notte Dei Serpenti # 17
32. La Notte Dei Serpenti (Finale) # 18

 
 
further information

Limited edition of 500 copies

8 full colour pages booklet

 
description
Digitmovies continues its musical journey along sunny praeries and wild paths of the West by releasing on CD the complete OST in full stereo by Riz Ortolani for the the classic Italian Western Una Ragione Per Vivere E Una Per Morire directed in 1972 by Tonino Valerii and starring three icons of the cinema: Bud Spencer, Telly Savalas, James Coburn (fresh from his international success Giu' La Testa by Sergio Leone).

Riz Ortolani has written an epic symphonic score, one of the best of his long career, where a heroic main theme played by French horns and orchestra represents the group of courageous men who are going to die by following an ideal.
At the time of the film's releaese no LP or 45 rpm was issued from this OST, but in an odd way one theme was included as the first track of side B on the very rare Japanese album of the OST from the movie The Amazones (Le Guerriere Dal Seno Nudo).
This same track (Tr. 10 here on our CD) did also appear on a French compilation LP of Western themes in the 80s, but for quite obvious reasons it was neither included on the CD reissue of The Amazones or on the previous CD of Una Ragione Per Vivere E Una Per Morire so that 3:45 minutes of this OST are issued in CD form for the very first time.
Our CD, with a digitally better restored sound than the previous 1994 edition, presents another musical rarity:
the OST by Riz Ortolani, complete and in mono, from the movie La Notte Dei Serpenti directed by Giulio Petroni and starring Luke Askew, Luigi Pistilli, Magda Konopka, Chelo Alonso.
The muddy atmosphere of the movie which opens with a dark and stormy night in pure horror style is perfectly accompanied by Riz Ortolani's penetrating music score which is performed mostly by electric guitars (with sparse use of the brass and strings) in a dramatic and claustrophobic context.
The OST also contains Mexican folk tunes (Tr .16, Tr. 22), dissonant music with echoed strings (Tr. 20) and with the performance of the whole orchestra in Tr. 26, Tr. 29, Tr. 32.
Previously some tracks had only appeared on compilations, but thanks to the complete mono master tapes kept in the Cinevox archives it was possible to realize this very long CD will make happy the fans of Bud Spencer and of the Italian Western.

 
story
Una ragione per vivere e una per morire
Having relinquished Fort Holman to the Confederacy without a shot being fired, Col. Pembroke (James Coburn) is in danger of a court-martial finding him guilty of treason.
To escape certain death, he agrees to try to retake the lost fort using the services of seven men already condemned to death.
The men are no happier to serve under him than he is to have them, but despite their own quarrels (and threats on the Colonel's life), they arrive at the fort and mount their attack.
Though this western was produced by a European syndicate, it has an English soundtrack.

Cast:
James Coburn, Telly Savalas, Bud Spencer, José Suárez, Georges Géret, Ugo Fangareggi, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Guy Mairesse, Benito Stefanelli, Adolfo Lastretti, Fabrizio Moresco, Ángel Álvarez, Francisco Sanz, Joe Pollini

Director:
Tonino Valerii

 

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